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Thomas Ainslie
Thomas Ainslie may refer to: * Thomas Ainslie (rugby union) (1860–1926), Scottish rugby union player * Thomas Ainslie (colonial official) (1729–1806), Scottish colonial official See also * Thomas Ainslie Young, political figure in Lower Canada {{hndis, Ainslie, Thomas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Ainslie (rugby Union)
Thomas Ainslie (18 December 1860 – 16 March 1926) was a Scotland international rugby union Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ... football player.Bath, p137 Rugby Union career Amateur career Ainslie played for Edinburgh Institution F.P. Provincial career Ainslie played for Edinburgh District in the 1879 and 1880 inter-city. Ainslie played for East of Scotland District in the March 1879 and January 1880 match. International career He was capped 12 times for between 1881 and 1885. Administrative career Ainslie became the 19th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served the 1891–92 term in office. Family Ainslie was the brother of Robert Ainslie, who was also capped for Scotland. References ;Sources * Bath, Richard (ed.) ''The Scotland Rugby Misc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Ainslie (colonial Official)
Thomas Ainslie (8 February 1729 – 7 April 1806) is most known for his role as HM Collector of Customs at Quebec, with the British HM Customs, a department of the British Government. He served in Quebec as a loyalist to the crown, staunchly protecting its interests in the colony. Thomas Ainslie is the author of a journal on the siege of Quebec by the American Continental Army in the Battle of Quebec (1775). On 29 September 1768, Ainslie registered arms with Lord Lyon as the descendant of the Ainslies oDolphinston The Lord Lyon Depute granted Thomas's request, and the arms implicitly claim descent as the senior descendant of the Ainslies of Dolphinston. In the Thirteen Colonies, Ainslie appears to have been the British Customs Officer presiding over the Duty that provoked the Boston Tea Party The Boston Tea Party was a seminal American protest, political and Mercantilism, mercantile protest on December 16, 1773, during the American Revolution. Initiated by Sons of Libert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |